[Design][Last call] Hyperlinks in UI

[Mimi Yin]

Doing some list gardening.

Are there any other thoughts on this issue. Currently the proposal is  
to:

1) Add tooltips to expose the URL on links in the Accounts dialog.
2) Tracking related accessibility issues in https:// 
bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8021 Ultimately, we will  
need to find a way to expose these URLs  from the keyboard.

Mimi


On Feb 7, 2007, at 10:01 AM, Mimi Yin wrote:

> Oops Heikki, your message to the list got misfiled.
>
> I agree that we need to make this work for non-mouse usage as well.  
> However, can we put this to post-Preview? The dialogs we have for  
> Preview are 'temporary' and we just want to keep them as clean as  
> possible until we can expend more energy on making the whole  
> account-filling-out experience more usable.
>
> I  amended this bug: https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/ 
> show_bug.cgi?id=8021 'Can't tab to hyperlinks in Accounts dialog'  
> to say that we need to have a solution that allows non-mouse users  
> to see the URLs we're taking them to.
>
> In the meantime is there any objection to having tooltips for mouse  
> users?
>
> Mimi
>
> On Feb 6, 2007, at 8:26 PM, Heikki Toivonen wrote:
>
>> Robin Dunn wrote:
>>> Heikki Toivonen wrote:
>>>
>>>> I presented a workaround for all of these issues: show the full  
>>>> URL as
>>>> the hyperlink. Even if there are bugs that break clicking and  
>>>> tabbing,
>>>> the user can still manually type the URL in their browser. And  
>>>> users
>>>> will immediately see where the link will go without needing to  
>>>> click it.
>>>>
>>> Another idea would be to set the URL as the tool tip for the  
>>> hyperlink
>>> widget.
>>
>> That works only in the case where you are using a mouse.
>>
>> -- 
>>   Heikki Toivonen
>>
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